Hi everyone and Happy New Year!

In the spirit of new beginnings, today I did a small renovation at Encantada.
Things were getting crowded in the spring/summer area and well, I've started work on some "Fantasy" items. I didn't have a good spot for them so I've made a new area for "Enchanted" items.
I've moved just a few things over there already and will have a new release in the next couple of days.
I'll be keeping Halloween in the fall area and Easter in the spring area for now.

Hope you have a great start to 2022 :)

DJ Kith takes the baton for the last set of incredible tunes here at Rockin' the Blues New Year's Eve Rockin' Blues Bash!! DJ Ray is just ending the most awesome set ever and Kith will take us right through to our Midnight West Coast New Year's Ball Drop! The party is farrr from over! Get those jammies on if you like...we have your champagne and we're here to make sure you get to 2022 safely! Come on down to our swamp!
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DJ Ray is on stage at Rockin' the Blues at our Rockin' the Blues, Blues Rockin' New Year's Eve Bash! Ray is our newest Hot Daddy's DJ and has proven himself on the ballroom stage as well..but WOWWW! Is he EVER rockin' the Blues!! He's here till 10:30PM Pacific time and will be followed by DJ Kith who will bring in the New Year on the West Coast with another incredible ball drop made exclusively for Wyldwood Bayou by our friend Xaria! Anyone who knows this Blues Tribe knows we don't stop partying until..well...EVER! But tonite, the swamp quiets down after midnight to give the gators a rest! Come on down and listen to these last 2 phenomenal DJs and ring in the New Year Rockin' the Blues Style! Happy New Year everyone!!
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Wyldwood Bayou Grid and Rockin' the Blues' New Year's Eve Party, 6:00PM to Midnight
Where: Rockin' the Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
When: Beginning at 6PM tonite [31 Dec 2021 18:00 SLT]
Happy New Year Wyldwood Bayou Grid and all of open sim! Can you believe a whole year has gone by? We have seen a lot over the past year in all worlds, both good and not so great, and tonite is our chance to usher out the old and welcome a brand new year, 2022!!! Wyldwood Bayou Grid and Rockin' the Blues present our long awaited New Year's Eve Bash! On December 31st from 6:00PM to midnight, ring in the New Year with the Blues Tribe! You will be entertained by DJ Rosie, DJ Riker, DJ Ray and DJ Kith! Champagne will be served and is the custom of Rockin’ the Blues, laughter and friendship will be shared and fabulous music will abound! Dress is comfy casual to glittering formal. Rockin’ the Blues is the place to be on New Year’s Eve to usher out 2021, witness our very own, very exciting and very fabulous ball drops (courtesy of Blues Tribe member Xaria Aubrey), and welcome the brand new year, 2022!
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We are still alive!

Don't believe old bitter men. We live in a drama-free grid. Everything runs quickly and smoothly. It is a pleasure to be here. And we didn't have to pay 5.00 Euros to restore our inventory. It was only 1.00 Euro to ensure that fakes and bots do not rush back onto the grid to ensure that your inventory is backed up free of charge. And nothing else...

Thank you for your post @Thirza
https://opensimworld.com/post/84196

o.0 AMAZING NEW WITCHES HUD for all you would be witches! :) Totally free! Summon the goddess to eject someone from your land, rez a secret arcane practice center! Create your own relaxing witchy space!!! Cast spells! Find answers! :) Play with Salem the familiar!!! You should have many questions, well I have many answers. :) Please don't hesitate to contact me for help. I am very pleased to offer you this gift to enjoy your magical fantasy!
Note: please like my region, as your votes let me know I'm appreciated :) hehehe
Commands of the familiar: Salem followme, Salem follow cindy.resident, Salem seen (lists all people he has seen), Salem teleport x,y,z teleports to location you specify, and can listen in on conversations and tell you what is being said even if you are in another sim! Salem that little spy. hehehe

Ein neues Jahr heißt neue Hoffnung, neues Licht, neue Gedanken und neue Wege zum Ziel. Einen guten Start ins Jahr 2022 das wünsch ich Euch!
A new year means new hope, new light, new thoughts and new ways to the goal. I wish you a good start into the year 2022!

Was wir euch fürs neue Jahr wünschen:

Nehmt euch Zeit zum Träumen,
das ist der Weg zu den Sternen.

Nehmt euch Zeit zum Nachdenken,
das ist die Quelle der Klarheit.

Nehmt euch Zeit zum Lachen,
das ist die Musik der Seele.

Nehmt euch Zeit zum Leben,
das ist der Reichtum des Lebens.

Nehmt euch Zeit zum freundlich sein,
das ist das Tor zum Glück.

Eure Nasti und Rudi Bakerly

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What we wish you for the New Year:

Take time to dream,
this is the way to the stars.

Take time to think,
that is the source of clarity.

Take time to laugh,
this is the music of the soul.

Take time to live,
this is the richness of life.

Take time to be kind,
this is the gateway to happiness.

Yours Nasti and Rudi Bakerly

o.0 AMAZING NEW WITCHES HUD for all you would be witches! :) Totally free! Summon the goddess to eject someone from your land, rez a secret arcane practice center! Create your own relaxing witchy space!!! Cast spells! Find answers! :) Play with Salem the familiar!!! You should have many questions, well I have many answers. :) Please don't hesitate to contact me for help. I am very pleased to offer you this gift to enjoy your magical fantasy!
Note: please like my region, as your votes let me know I'm appreciated :) hehehe
Commands of the familiar: Salem followme, Salem follow cindy.resident, Salem seen (lists all people he has seen), Salem teleport teleports to center of sim. Salem has many many commands, for the list contact me.

Wyldwood Bayou Grid invites you to ring in the New Year with us on New Year's Eve, December 31st from 6:00PM to Midnight at Rockin' the Blues! You will be entertained by DJs Rosie, Riker, Ray and Kith! Dance to phenomenal blues, sip champagne and party with friends old and new! Let us share this fabulous evening with you! Dress is casual to formal.
*****ABSOLUTELY NO CHILD AVATARS!! You must appear 16 +
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Some new furniture and lighting is now available in the Vesper Homes section. When arriving, touch the "Vesper Homes" sign on the wall in front of you. The warehouse will be to the north. PortVesper is an adult sim and child/minor avatars are not permitted.

Invitation to Osgrid and Open Sim Visitors
Thursday, December 30th, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Zoree Jupiter, Live
Formal Dance at Victorian Christmas, Osgrid
Attire: Formal
We hope you will join us in this celebration of the holidays
for a couple of hours of music and fun.
All proceeds./tips got to Osgrid
*Victorian Christmas, a gift to Osgrid was created by Zoree Jupiter and Jaelle Falodir as a place for the residents of Osgrid and other Open sim grid visitors
to enjoy. We hope you will visit, explore and enjoy the sights and sounds ?
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Victorian%20Christmas/290/302/30
The land was sponsored by Masala Estates

Happy New Year Party Jeudi 30 decembre 2021.
Vladimir Djannovic et Minord Loup vont mettre le feux au dancefloor pour la dernière soirée de l'année 2021; on vous attend nombreux à partir de 21h00 (heure de paris) : Hypergrid : virtualdream-grid.com:8002:Event Beach
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Happy New Year Party Thursday December 30, 2021.
Vladimir Djannovic and Minord Loup will set the dancefloor on fire for the last evening of 2021; We are expecting many of you from 9:00 p.m. (Paris time): Hypergrid: virtualdream-grid.com:8002:Event Beach

HERE TO ANNOY ONCE MORE.
Some guy was annoyed by my posts about outfits I assemble. Sorry darling, these clothes aren't for you. Anyways, the grid was down for a bit and is now back. Assembling outfits to annoy easily annoyed guys is happening again!

oh HELLO: Inspired by Fashionista. Accessible to all.
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A carful of too lazy to work thieves tried to sneak into my home late Christmas night. They found out real quick amputee does not always=helpless. An old grey maned wolf with a missing leg still has fangs... heh. Rebelworld is running, but PC still has issues from the most recent breakin during my last hospitalization. Apologies if you experience any lag, or brain hiccups. Happy New Year ya'll, :) hugs n high 5's

I don't usually support mesh bodies that have got nothing to do with Ruth2 or Roth2. But I've come across an improvement trick for Athena 6 with BoM that nobody seems to know.

The major problem is that the skin on Athena 6's limbs may look weird under certain viewer settings, much like a lighting bug. Some skin areas look brighter or darker than they should.

A minor problem is that alpha masks don't work on Athena 6 although they technically should with BoM.

The reason is because Athena 6 has a chaotic hodge-podge of alpha settings all over it. Parts are set to alpha masking, more parts are set to alpha blending (it's them which may look weird to you or to others), most have alpha off (this is why alpha masks don't work on Athena 6 out of the box).

The solution:

Step 1: Edit your Athena 6 body. All of it, not just any piece. Select it in your inventory while wearing it.

Step 2: Go to the Texture tab.

Step 3: Set the alpha mode to alpha masking.

Now the different shades of skin colour are gone, but your hands and feet may turn partially white. Don't panic, this is supposed to happen and will be fixed in the next steps.

Step 4: Set the mask cutoff to 128. If it is already 128, set it to 127 and back to 128.

The white should disappear, and your body should look normal again. Or better than what you saw previously.

Step 5: Take the body off and put it back on to save the new settings.

Also, you can now wear alpha masks like you can on the system body which might save you from the hassles that come with the alpha cuts on the HUD, and which you can save with outfits. The only limitation is that the alpha masks still don't work on fingernails and toenails.

Should alpha masks stop wearing, just edit the body and set the mask cutoff to 127 and back to 128.

The same method should work on Adonis 4 if you want to use alpha masks with BoM.

Oh, and before anyone tries this on Ruth2 v4 or Roth2 v2: You don't have to, at least not with the "BoM" bodies and Ruth2 v4 "Business". They've got alpha mode controls on the HUD. The "0.8.2.1" versions, on the other hand, are de-scripted and have no HUD, so they require this trick, too, if alpha masks don't work.

Needful Things - (Construction) News

All old houses have been replaced (now with new door scripts, easier to climb stairs and 2 additional usable floors each).
Various bugs have been fixed, most notably an update bug in the "Crack the Bank Safe" game that had made the win code unreadable.

Some stores now already contain teleporters, but their interior finishing will take some time.

NEW on Needful Things are:

- The "Solar System Quiz" in the Galaxy Store.
- The "Egyptian Empire" store, with all the accessories of my old Egyptian region, now retired. On the first floor there are clothes, avatars or NPCs, on the 1st floor texture venders and on the 2nd floor there are the boxes with all kinds of objects you can need to design a region in ancient Egyptian style (including started gadgets like special pyramid doors, trap doors, sandstorm, etc.).

In the next few days we will start the creation of an Asia store, with useful items for designing a region in Chinese or Japanese style. After that, the stores for winter, Easter and Halloween supplies will be restocked.

Have fun browsing!

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Needful Things - (Bau)Neuigkeiten

Alle alten Häuser wurden ersetzt (jetzt mit neuen Türskripte, leichter erklimmbare Treppen und je 2 zusätzlich nutzbare Etagen).
Diverse Fehler wurden beseitigt, vor allem ein Update-Bug beim "Crack the Bank Safe"-Spiel, der den Gewinn-Code unleserlich gemacht hatte.

Einige Shops enthalten jetzt bereits Teleporter, doch deren Innenausbau wird noch einige Zeit in Anspruch nehmen.

NEU auf Needful Things sind:

- Das "Solar-System-Quiz" im Galaxy Store
- Der "Egyptian Empire"- Shop, mit sämtlichem Zubehör meiner alten agyptischen Region, die sich jetzt im Ruhestand befindet. Im Erdgeschoss gibt es Kleidung, Avatare bzw. NPCs, im 1. Stock Textur-Vendoren und im 2. Stock befinden sich die Boxen mit allen möglichen Objekten, die man zur Gestaltung einer Region im alt-ägyptischen Stil brauchen kann (inklusiver angefangener Gadgets wie besondere Pyramidentüren, Falltüren, Sandsturm, etc.)

In den nächsten Tagen startet die Einrichtung eines Asia-Ladens, mit nützlichen Items zur Gestaltung einer Region im chinesischen oder japanischen Stil. Danach werden die Shops für Winter-, Oster- und Halloweenbedarf neu bestückt.

Viel Spaß beim Stöbern!

Hot Daddy's Road Trip to The Golden Ballroom for Wyldwood Bayou Grid's Winter Fo...
Where: Hot Daddy's (Golden Dreams Ballroom on Isla Pacifica)
When: Monday 6:00PM [27 Dec 2021 18:00 SLT]
'Twas a night (or 2!) after Christmas and all through the grid.....was a bunch of crazy people wanting to get as much holiday into one week as possible!! Tonite, DJ Ray takes us on a road trip to The Golden Ballroom on Isla Pacifica in Wyldwood Bayou Grid for our not so mid-winter formal! Ray is a long time Ballroom DJ (and a ton of other genres!) and will have a wonderful multi-genre set of tunes for us tonite, including some exciting swing, sexy latin and that ohh so romantic waltz! Don't have a date? NO PROBLEM! Ballroom is not only for couples! It's for everyone just wanting to meet up with friends, meet new friends and just have fun with some amazing music! We call it formal and it's in a ballroom, and if you want to wear all your glittering gowns and tuxes, do it! If not, come in whatever you are comfy in! This is going to be the biggest and best party between Christmas and New Year's Eve that anyone has ever seen! Friends, fun and music! We've got it all tonite! See you there!!
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Absolutely NO Child avatars

Fae Hud & Necklace Fixes...
Whoopsy! I've fixed some bugs in the necklace that would not allow you to see the butterfly body of the fae chariot. Also When you sat on the fae chariot you would go half way invisible. Fixed that as well. Also the fae chariot wouldn't die when you closed the hud. Fixed as well. Get your updated copy at Free Magic.
p.s. I'm working on a witches hud next, and would like to solicit ideas from would-be witches for spells in the hud, if interested contact me with your ideas. :) I'm either in LBSA in osgrid, or at LoveGlo Castle, Castle DragonFyre, Free Magic, CyberCity, or my secretlab in cyberdatastorm.com:8002